SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2010 NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST Atlanta


W L PCT GB L10 STR 56 40 .583 — 5-5 L-1


Philadelphia 50 46 .521 6 4-6 W-2 xNew York 49 47 .510 7 2-8 L-4 Florida


48 48 .500 8 7-3 W-3 Washington 42 55 .43314A 3-7 L-1 CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR


St. Louis 54 43 .557 — 8-2 L-2 Cincinnati 54 44 .551 A 5-5 W-1 Milwaukee 45 53 .454 9A 6-4 W-2 Chicago 44 53 .454 10 6-4 W-1 Houston 39 57 .406 14A 4-6 L-1 Pittsburgh 34 62 .354 19A 4-6 L-2


TODAY’S NL GAMES


NATIONALS AT BREWERS, 7:10 W-L ERA TEAM


Martin (R) Parra (L)


1-5 4.14 1-7 3-7 5.52 5-5


CARDINALS AT CUBS, 1:05 Hawksworth (R) 4-5 4.85 3-3 Gorzelanny (L) 5-5 3.12 4-9 ROCKIES AT PHILLIES, 4:10 Jimenez (R) 15-1 2.38 16-3 Kendrick (R) 5-4 4.82 10-8 METS AT DODGERS, 4:10 Pelfrey (R)


10-5 4.01 13-6


Monasterios (R) 3-2 3.61 4-2 PADRES AT PIRATES, 7:05 Latos (R)


Karstens (R) 2-5 4.84 5-7 REDS AT ASTROS, 7:05 Cueto (R)


CUBS 5, CARDINALS 0 10-4 2.45 12-5


Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer and Randy Wells pitched seven scoreless in- nings to lead Chicago. Tyler Colvin and Geovany So- to added solo shots for the Cubs. St. Louis failed to get a run for the second straight day af- ter outscoring opponents 46- 17 during an eight-game win- ning streak. Albert Pujols was hitless in eight at-bats in the two losses. Wells allowed five hits and struck out seven. He has a 1.30 ERA in his past five starts after compiling a 5.21 mark in his first 15 outings. St. Louis


F.Lopez 3b Jay rf


9-2 3.39 12-7


Oswalt (R) 6-11 3.12 7-12 BRAVES AT MARLINS, 7:10 Medlen (R) 6-2 3.31 10-1 Sanchez (R) 7-6 3.62 9-9 GIANTS AT DIAMONDBACKS, 8:10 Bumgarner (L) 3-2 2.41 3-2 Kennedy (R) 5-7 4.02 8-11


NL SCORES


at Brewers 7 Nationals 5 at Cubs


5 Cardinals 0


at Phillies 6 Rockies


Padres at Pirates 3 0 5


at Marlins 7 Braves


6 Reds 6 at Astros 4


Giants Late at D-backs Gm Mets


Late at Dodgers Gm


PHILLIES 6, ROCKIES 0


TODAY’S AL GAMES


TWINS AT ORIOLES, 7:05 W-L ERA TEAM


Baker (R) 7-9 5.15 7-12


Matusz (L) 3-10 5.21 5-14 BLUE JAYS AT TIGERS, GM #1, 1:05 Cecil (L)


8-5 3.99 10-6


Bonderman (R) 5-6 4.98 10-7 ROYALS AT YANKEES, 1:05 Davies (R) 4-6 5.45 10-8 Mitre (R)


0-1 2.88 0-2


WHITE SOX AT ATHLETICS, 4:05 Garcia (R) 9-3 4.37 12-5 Mazzaro (R) 5-2 3.50 5-4 BLUE JAYS AT TIGERS, GM #2, 6:05 Litsch (R)


1-4 5.79 2-5


Galarraga (R) 3-3 4.50 7-3 RAYS AT INDIANS, 7:05 Price (L)


Talbot (R)


Roy Halladay cruised through eight innings and Raul Ibañez drove in three runs with three hits to lift Philadelphia to its second straight shutout. Halladay allowed five hits and a walk while striking out nine on a 92-degree evening at Citizens Bank Park. The right- hander threw 116 pitches in his first win since July 5 against Atlanta. Colorado


Fowler cf


J.Herrera ss C.Gonzalez rf Giambi 1b Mora 2b S.Smith lf Stewart 3b Olivo c Cook p


J.Chacin p Hawpe ph R.Flores p Corpas p Totals


12-5 2.84 13-5 8-8 3.89 10-8


ANGELS AT RANGERS, 8:05 Santana (R) 8-7 3.63 11-8 Feldman (R) 5-8 5.48 9-10 RED SOX AT MARINERS, 10:10 Lester (L)


Pauley (R) 0-2 2.40 0-2 AL SCORES


at Orioles 3 Twins


2


at Rangers 1 Angels


0


at Yankees 7 Royals


1 Rays Late at Indians Gm


White Sox Late at Athletics Gm


Red Sox Late at Mariners Gm


Blue Jays PPD. at Tigers Rain


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NL LEADERS Statistics through Thursday’s games


BATTING Furcal, LA .... .333 Polanco, Phl .319 Prado, Atl ..... .317 Byrd, Chi ...... .314 Holliday, StL .309 Pagan, NY ... .307


HOME RUNS Fielder, Mil ..... 24 Votto, Cin ........ 23 Dunn, Was ..... 23


RBI Howard, Phl .... 75 Hart, Mil .......... 70 Pujols, StL ...... 68 Wright, NY ....... 67


RUNS Phillips, Cin ..... 70 Prado, Atl ........ 67 Weeks, Mil ...... 65 Votto, Cin ........ 63 Howard, Phl .... 61


HITS Prado, Atl ...... 128 Howard, Phl .. 114 Phillips, Cin ... 113 Byrd, Chi ....... 111


BASES ON BALLS Fielder, Mil ..... 63 Pujols, StL ...... 63 Wllinghm, Was.58 Votto, Cin ........ 58


AL LEADERS Statistics through Thursday’s games


BATTING Hamiltn, Tex .353 Cabrera, Det .347 Mrneau,Min. .345 Beltre, Bos .. .336 Cano, NY ..... .332


HOME RUNS Bautista, Tor ... 26 Cabrera, Det .. 24 Hamilton, Tex . 23 Konerko, Chi .. 21 Pena, TB ......... 20 Guerrero, Tex . 20


RBI Cabrera, Det .. 85 Rodriguez, NY . 78 Guerrero, Tex .. 76 Hamilton, Tex .. 71


RUNS Youkilis, Bos ... 71 Crawford, TB ... 71 Teixeira, NY .... 69 Cabrera, Det ... 68 Jeter, NY ......... 67 Cano, NY ........ 66


HITS


Hamiltn, Tex . 132 Suzuki, Sea .. 123 Cano, NY ....... 121 Cabrera, Det . 119 Beltre, Bos .... 119


BASES ON BALLS Barton, Oak .... 59 Pena, TB ......... 56 Teixeira, NY .... 56 Zobrist, TB ...... 56


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 0 0 0 0 1 .217 4 0 1 0 0 1 .307 4 0 1 0 0 1 .305 2 0 0 0 1 1 .275 4 0 1 0 0 1 .253 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 3 0 0 0 0 2 .308 2 0 0 0 0 1 .176 0 0 0 0 0 0 .087 1 0 0 0 0 1 .260 0000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 0 5 0 1 9 —


Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO AVG Rollins ss Polanco 3b Ibanez lf


Howard 1b Werth cf-rf Gload rf


B.Francisco ph Victorino cf C.Ruiz c


W.Valdez 2b Halladay p J.Romero p Totals


11-4 2.81 13-6 Colorado


4 2 2 0 1 0 .234 5 1 1 0 0 1 .317 5 1 3 3 0 1 .254 4 1 1 0 1 1 .303 2 0 1 1 2 0 .280 2 1 2 2 1 0 .267 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 3 0 1 0 1 0 .273 4 0 0 0 0 2 .234 4 0 1 0 0 2 .105 0000 0 0 --- 34 6 12 6 6 7 —


000 000 000 — 0 5 0 Philadelphia 000 050 01x — 6 12 0


LOB: Colorado 7, Philadelphia 11. 2B: Rollins (9), Ibanez (19). HR: Gload (4), off Cook.


Colorado


Cook (L, 4-6) 4B 9 5 5 3 2 4.78 J.Chacin R.Flores Corpas


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1C 0 0 0 1 2 4.04


B 0 0 0 2 0 2.78 1C 3 1 1 0 3 4.41


Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO ERA Halladay (W, 11-8) J.Romero


8 5 0 0 1 9 2.28 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.95


Inherited runners-scored: Corpas 2-0. IBB: off Cook (C.Ruiz). HBP: by J.Romero (Giambi). WP: Halladay. Balk: Cook. T: 2:46. A: 45,265 (43,651).


PADRES 5, PIRATES 3 Aaron Cunningham’s triple


started San Diego toward a four-run second inning as it jumped to a 4-0 lead to end Pittsburgh LHP Paul Maholm’s streak of 16 consecutive score- less innings. The Padres, with the NL’s


best record, are 42-15 when scoring first. San Diego


Hairston Jr. 2b Denorfia cf


Cunningham rf Venable ph-rf Salazar 3b Headley 3b E.Cabrera ss Correia p Frieri p


Gwynn ph


Gregerson p H.Bell p Totals


Delw.Young rf N.Walker 2b G.Jones 1b Alvarez 3b Milledge lf Jaramillo c Crosby ph Cedeno ss Maholm p Donnelly p Carrasco p


San Diego Pittsburgh


San Diego Gregerson


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 0 1 1 0 0 .253 4 0 1 1 1 1 .283


Ad.Gonzalez 1b 1 1 0 1 3 0 .294 Hairston lf Torrealba c


4 0 1 0 1 1 .240 5 0 1 0 0 1 .300 3 1 2 0 0 0 .311 0 0 0 1 0 0 .235 3 1 1 0 0 1 .223 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270 2 1 1 0 2 0 .206 2 1 1 1 0 0 .125 0000 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 30 5 9 5 7 4 —


Pittsburgh AB R H BI BBSO AVG Tabata cf


4 0 1 1 0 1 .265 2 0 0 0 2 1 .256 3 1 0 0 1 0 .314 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 4 1 2 0 0 0 .259 4 0 1 2 0 0 .280 3 0 0 0 0 0 .157 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 4 1 1 0 0 2 .246 2 0 1 0 0 0 .050 0000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000


An.LaRoche ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .232 Gallagher p Totals


040 000 100 —591 000 210 000 —361


E: E.Cabrera (5), Jaramillo (3). LOB: San Diego 9, Pittsburgh 5. 2B: Denorfia (5), Cedeno (17). 3B: Cunningham (1).


Correia (W, 7-6) 6 6 3 2 3 0 5.09 Frieri


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 0 0 0 1 3 0.00


H.Bell (S, 28) 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.91 Pittsburgh


Maholm (L, 6-8) 6 9 4 4 2 2 4.13 Donnelly Carrasco Gallagher


1 0 0 0 0 1 2.66 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 0 0 1 1 3 0 5.58


1 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 2 2 4.71


Donnelly pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored: Carrasco 3-1. T: 3:00. A: 18,611 (38,362).


0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 31 3 6 3 4 5 —


RANGERS 1, ANGELS 0


C.J. Wilson scattered four hits over eight innings, Michael Young homered, and Texas beat Los Angeles to stretch its season-high lead over the sec- ond-place Angels to seven games in the AL West. Wilson struck out three with- out issuing a walk, retiring 17 of his last 18 batters to out- pitch Joe Saunders and win for the sixth time in eight deci- sions. Neftali Feliz got three outs for his 27th save, helping the Rangers improve to 7-2 against Los Angeles. Feliz has converted 18 straight save op- portunities. Young’s one-out homer in the first put Texas ahead.


Los Angeles AB R H BI BBSO AVG E.Aybar ss


H.Kendrick 2b B.Abreu dh


Tor.Hunter cf Napoli c


J.Rivera rf


M.Izturis ph-3b Totals Texas


Andrus ss


M.Young 3b Kinsler 2b


Guerrero dh Hamilton cf N.Cruz rf


Dav.Murphy lf Treanor c B.Molina c C.Davis 1b Totals


4 0 1 0 0 0 .284 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272 4 0 0 0 0 2 .253 3 0 0 0 0 1 .287 3 0 0 0 0 0 .258 3 0 1 0 0 0 .257


Callaspo 3b-lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Frandsen 1b Willits lf


3 0 0 0 0 0 .288 2 0 1 0 0 0 .253 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 30 0 4 0 0 4 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 3 0 0 0 0 0 .274 4 1 2 1 0 1 .302 4 0 1 0 0 2 .304 3 0 0 0 0 2 .313 2 0 1 0 1 0 .354 3 0 2 0 0 0 .329 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 3 0 1 0 0 1 .189 28 1 7 1 1 7 —


Los Angeles 000 000 000 —040 Texas


100 000 00x —170


LOB: Los Angeles 3, Texas 5. 2B: M.Young (26). HR: M.Young (14), off J.Saunders.


Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA J.Saunders (L, 6-10) Jepsen Texas


C.Wilson (W, 9-5)


7 7 1 1 1 6 4.62 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.50


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 8 4 0 0 0 3 3.03


N.Feliz (S, 27) 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.61 T: 2:24. A: 46,554 (49,170).


TWINS 5, ORIOLES 0 Late Thursday


Carl Pavano pitched a five- hitter to earn his career-high seventh straight victory, and Minnesota beat Baltimore. Pavano struck out four and


walked one in his fifth com- plete game of the season and 12th of his career. The right- hander is 7-0 in nine starts since June 3.


Orioles 1B Ty Wigginton,


pitching coach Rick Kranitz and interim manager Juan Samuel were all ejected in the seventh inning. It was a rare show of emotion for the team with the worst record in the


major leagues. Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO AVG Span cf


O.Hudson 2b Mauer dh Kubel rf


Cuddyer 1b


Delm.Young lf Hardy ss Punto 3b Butera c Totals


Baltimore Pie lf


M.Tejada 3b Markakis rf Scott dh


Ad.Jones cf S.Moore 2b Tatum c


C.Izturis ss Totals


5 0 1 0 0 0 .269 5 0 0 0 0 1 .287 3 1 1 0 1 0 .297 2 1 0 0 2 1 .262 3 2 1 1 1 1 .278 4 0 2 3 0 0 .316 4 1 2 0 0 0 .254 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 4 0 1 1 0 1 .161 34 5 9 5 4 4 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 4 0 1 0 0 0 .299 4 0 1 0 0 1 .285


Wigginton 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .249 Fox 1b


2 0 1 0 0 0 .222 3 0 0 0 0 0 .272 3 0 0 0 0 0 .209 3 0 1 0 0 1 .275 3 0 1 0 0 0 .254 31 0 5 0 1 4 —


Minnesota 300 100 100 —590 Baltimore


000 000 000 —050


LOB: Minnesota 6, Baltimore 5. 2B: Mauer (29), Delm.Young (28), Fox (7), C.Izturis (9). HR: Cuddyer (10), off Millwood. RBI: Cuddyer (45), Delm.Young 3 (70), Butera (6).


Minnesota


Pavano (W, 12-6) Baltimore


Millwood (L, 2-9)


M.Gonzalez Uehara


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 9 5 0 0 1 4 3.26


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6B 7 5 5 3 2 5.84


C 1 0 0 1 0 13.5 2 1 0 0 0 2 2.51


Inherited runners-scored: M.Gonzalez 1-0. IBB: off M.Gonzalez (Mauer). T: 2:38. A: 20,108 (48,290).


DODGERS 2, METS 0 Late Thursday Hiroki Kuroda threw eight outstanding innings, Matt Kemp drove in both runs and Los Angeles beat New York. It was the Dodgers’ second consecutive 2-0 win. They also edged San Francisco a night earlier. The Mets lost their fourth in a row and fell to 1-7 on their 11- game trip. Kuroda outpitched country- man Hisanori Takahashi in the sixth major league meeting of starters born in Japan. New York


Jos.Reyes ss Pagan cf


D.Wright 3b I.Davis 1b


Francoeur rf Carter lf Thole c


L.Castillo 2b Takahashi p Beltran ph Dessens p


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 4 0 0 0 0 1 .307 3 0 1 0 1 2 .304 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 4 0 2 0 0 0 .247 3 0 1 0 0 0 .266 3 0 0 0 0 1 .429 2 0 0 0 1 0 .238 2 0 0 0 0 0 .067 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---


P.Feliciano p 0000 0 0 --- Totals


Los Angeles AB R H BI BBSO AVG Furcal ss


J.Carroll lf-2b Ethier rf Kemp cf Blake 3b Loney 1b


Belliard 2b Paul lf


R.Martin c Kuroda p


G.Anderson ph Kuo p Totals


New York


30 0 5 0 2 6 — 3 0 0 0 1 1 .333


3 1 0 0 1 0 .284 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306 3 1 2 2 0 0 .264 3 0 0 0 0 3 .252 3 0 1 0 0 0 .304 3 0 0 0 0 0 .216 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 2 0 1 0 1 1 .246 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 .186 0000 0 0 --- 27 2 4 2 3 6 —


000 000 000 —050 Los Angeles 100 000 10x —240


LOB: New York 5, Los Angeles 4. 2B: Kemp (19). HR: Kemp (17), off Takahashi. New York


Takahashi (L, 7-5)


Dessens P.Feliciano


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 3 2 2 2 5 4.52


C 1 0 0 1 0 1.64 B 0 0 0 0 1 2.68


Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA Kuroda (W, 8-8) 8 5 0 0 1 4 3.48 Kuo (S, 3)


1 0 0 0 1 2 0.86


Inherited runners-scored: P.Feliciano 2-0. IBB: off Dessens (Furcal), off Kuroda (L.Castillo). T: 2:45. A: 42,299 (56,000).


GIANTS 3, D-BACKS 0 Late Thursday


Matt Cain pitched eight sharp innings in a combined three-hitter as San Francisco shut down Arizona. Andres Torres hit a solo home run and rookie Buster Posey extended his hitting streak to 16 games, helping the Giants reach a season-high 10 games over .500 after their 13th win in 17 games. Cain one-hit Arizona on May 28 and was nearly as domi- nant the second time around against the Diamondbacks. Brian Wilson pitched a per-


fect ninth for his 27th save in 29 chances and 13th straight.


San Francisco AB R H BI BBSO AVG Torres lf


4111 0 2 .274


F.Sanchez 2b 4000 0 1 .272 A.Huff 1b 3110 1 0 .300 Ishikawa 1b 0000 0 0 .325 Posey c 4021 0 0 .353 Sandoval 3b 4000 0 2 .266 Uribe ss 4120 0 1 .256 Schierholtz rf 4000 0 1 .249 Rowand cf


4011 0 0 .238


M.Cain p 2000 0 1 .111 Br.Wilson p 0000 0 0 .000 Totals


Arizona C.Young cf


33 3 7 3 1 8 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4010 0 1 .268


K.Johnson 2b 4000 0 1 .275 J.Upton rf 2010 2 1 .275 Montero c 4000 0 0 .310 M.Reynolds 3b 3000 1 2 .216 Ad.LaRoche 1b 4000 0 1 .255 S.Drew ss 3000 0 2 .266 G.Parra lf 3000 0 1 .263 Qualls p


R.Lopez p Gillespie lf Totals


San Francisco 101 000 100 — 3 7 0 Arizona


000 000 000 — 0 3 1


E: M.Reynolds (14). LOB: San Francisco 5, Arizona 6. 2B: Uribe (18), J.Upton (19). HR: Torres (9), off R.Lopez.


San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO ERA M.Cain (W, 8-8) 8 3 0 0 3 9 3.10 Br.Wilson (S, 27)


Arizona


R.Lopez (L, 5-9) 7 5 3 3 1 7 4.58 Qualls


1 0 0 0 0 1 1.93 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2 2 0 0 0 1 7.86


WP: M.Cain. T: 2:27. A: 17,230 (48,633).


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Gabi Wallen sits on the shoulders of her father, Shad Wallen. Rain postponed the Tigers-Blue Jays game.


RED SOX 8,


MARINERS 6 (13), Late Thursday


Eric Patterson doubled home two runs as Boston won after blowing a five-run lead. Boston


Scutaro ss


AB R H BI BB SO AVG 6221 0 0 .279


D.McDonald lf 5000 1 3 .257 D.Ortiz dh Youkilis 1b A.Beltre 3b J.Drew rf


Cameron cf 5210 1 3 .273 Hall 2b


E.Pttrson ph-2b 2012 0 1 .208 Cash c


Lowrie ph Brown c Totals


Seattle


I.Suzuki rf Figgins 2b


6021 0 1 .252 6130 0 1 .303 6110 0 0 .336 5 1 1 2 1 2 .269


4 1 1 2 0 0 .232 4 0 1 0 0 0 .150


1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1000 0 0 .125 51 8 13 8 3 11 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5 0 1 0 1 1 .312 5 1 1 0 0 3 .229


F.Gutierrez cf 5 1 1 2 1 0 .256 Jo.Lopez 3b 5100 1 0 .235 Bradley lf Smoak dh


5 2 0 0 1 0 .205 6000 0 2 .207


Kotchman 1b 4011 0 0 .216 Lngrhans pr-1b 2100 0 2 .208 J.Bard c


3 0 1 0 1 1 .189


M.Saunders pr 0000 0 0 .228 Ro.Johnson c 2000 0 0 .200 Ja.Wilson ss Totals


Boston 003 002 100 000 2 — 8 13 3 Seattle 010 000 005 000 0 — 6 7 1


E: Scutaro (12), Hall 2 (8), Jo.Lopez (11). LOB: Boston 7, Seattle 8. 2B: Cameron (10), E.Patterson (7), Kotchman (11). HR: Hall (9), off Rowland-Smith; J.Drew (12), off Rowland-Smith; Scutaro (5), off B.Sweeney; F.Gutierrez (9), off Delcar- men.


Boston Lackey


0000 0 0 --- 2000 0 1 .071 1010 0 0 .236 30 0 3 0 3 10 —


Delcarmen Papelbon D.Bard


Okajima (W, 3-2)


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 8 2 1 0 1 6 4.36 0 2 4 3 1 0 5.05 1 1 1 0 2 2 3.15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.75 2 2 0 0 1 1 5.34


R.Ramirez (S, 2) 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.73 Seattle


Rowland-Smith 6 8 5 5 1 4 6.27 B.Sweeney J.Wright Aardsma


B.Sweeney pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.


Delcarmen pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.


Inherited runners-scored: Papelbon 2-2, J.Wright 2-0. IBB: off Papelbon (I. Suzuki), off Okajima (F.Gutierrez). HBP: by Lackey (Ja.Wilson). WP: Rwlnd-Smith. PB: Cash. T: 3:57. A: 28,074 (47,878).


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 3 1 1 1 1 4.02


3 0 0 0 0 2 5.06 1 0 0 0 0 2 4.88


Olson (L, 0-3) 2 2 2 2 1 2 5.52 Team


4 0 2 1 0 1 .257 46 6 7 4 5 10 —


Longest current winning streak 2, FLA, July 21 to July 22; LAD, July 21 to July 22; WAS, July 21 to July 22. Longest current home-win streak 6, S-D, July 2 to July 18. Longest current road-win streak 2, WAS, July 21 to July 22. Longest current losing streak 4, NYM, July 19 to July 22. Longest current home-loss streak 2, CIN, July 21 to July 22; WAS, July 10 to July 11. Longest current road-loss streak 6, PIT, July 6 to July 11. Longest winning streak, season 9, ATL, May 26 to June 3; LAD, May 9 to May 18. Longest home-win streak, season 9, ATL, May 18 to June 2; NYM, May 22 to June 8; NYM, April 22 to May 8. Longest road-win streak, season 7, NYM, June 11 to June 18. Longest losing streak, season 12, PIT, June 6 to June 18. Longest home-loss streak, season 8, MIL, April 27 to May 16. Longest road-loss streak, season: 17, PIT, May 26 to June 27.


STREAKS


National League Streaks Entering Friday’s Games


Batting


Longest current hitting streak 16, Posey, SF, July 4 to July 22. Longest hitting streak, season 20, Hart, Mil, June 14 to July 5.


Pitching


Longest current winning streak 5, Wagner, Atl, April 20 to June 19; Latos, SD, June 10 to July 8; Weaver, LAD, May 7 to June 28. Longest current losing streak 4, Penny, StL, April 30 to May 16; Dickey, NYM, June 28 to July 20; Burnett, Was, May 15 to June 26; LeBlanc, SD, June 24 to July 20; Morton, Pit, May 11 to May 27; Haren, Ari, June 17 to July 16; LeCure, Cin, June 2 to June 19; Haeger, LAD, April 17 to May 8. Longest winning streak, season 9, Jimenez, Col, May 15 to July 8. Longest losing streak, season 9, Kawakami, Atl, April 11 to June 15.


American League Streaks Entering Friday’s Games


Batting


Longest current hitting streak 15, Kinsler, Tex, July 4 to July 22. Longest hitting streak, season 23, Hamilton, Tex, June 4 to June 30.


Pitching


Longest current winning streak 9, Sabathia, NYY, June 3 to July 22. Longest current losing streak 6, Guthrie, Bal, May 30 to July 3; Bergesen, Bal, May 17 to July 21; Aardsma, Sea, April 24 to July 8. Longest winning streak, season: 9, Sabathia, NYY, June 3 to July 22 (cur- rent).


Longest losing streak, season 9, Matusz, Bal, April 29 to June 29.


Team


Longest current winning streak 2, DET, July 21 to July 22; MIN, July 21 to July 22; NYY, July 21 to July 22; OAK, July 20 to July 21. Longest current home-win streak 7, CHW, July 5 to July 11. Longest current road-win streak 4, BAL, July 8 to July 11; OAK, July 4 to July 18. Longest current losing streak 2, BAL, July 21 to July 22; LAA, July 21 to July 22; TOR, July 21 to July 22. Longest current home-loss streak 2, BAL, July 21 to July 22. Longest current road-loss streak 6, DET, June 29 to July 18. Longest winning streak, season 11, CHW, June 15 to June 26; TEX, June 12 to June 24. Longest home-win streak, season 9, DET, June 2 to June 18; NYY, May 30 to June 15. Longest road-win streak, season 8, TEX, June 12 to June 20. Longest losing streak, season 10, BAL, May 26 to June 5. Longest home-loss streak, season 8, SEA, April 30 to May 8. Longest road-loss streak, season 9, BAL, May 22 to June 14.


Rain, rain, go away


YANKEES 10, ROYALS 4 Late Thursday


Alex Rodriguez hit his 599th home run and drove in four runs to lead New York. Rodriguez moved within one home run of becoming the sev- enth major league player to reach the 600-home run pla- teau. The Yankees slugger con- nected off Royals reliever Rob- inson Tejeda.


CC Sabathia picked up his 13th win for New York, pitching into the seventh inning.


Kansas City AB R H BI BBSO AVG Podsednik lf 5021 0 2 .301 Kendall c DeJesus cf Ankiel cf


B.Butler 1b J.Guillen dh Betemit 3b Aviles 2b


New York Jeter ss


Swisher rf Teixeira 1b


Thames dh


4 1 2 0 1 1 .272 2 0 0 0 0 1 .318 3000 0 3 .200 4 1 2 0 1 1 .317 3 0 1 1 2 0 .279 4 0 2 1 1 1 .377 5120 0 0 .300


Bloomquist rf 4130 0 1 .255 Y.Betancourt ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Totals


39 4 14 3 5 11 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5221 0 1 .274 5 1 2 2 0 1 .303 5 2 3 1 0 1 .261


A.Rodriguez 3b 5134 0 1 .275 Cano 2b Posada c


4110 1 0 .332 3111 1 0 .268 3011 0 1 .289


Curtis pr-dh 0100 0 0 .259 Granderson cf 3010 0 1 .239 Gardner lf Totals


Kansas City 210 001 000 — 4 14 1 New York


201 020 14x — 10 14 1


E: Podsednik (3), Posada (4). LOB: Kansas City 14, New York 7. 2B: J.Guillen (15), Aviles (10), Bloomquist (5), Swisher (23), Teixeira (24), A.Rodriguez 2 (24), Posada (14). HR: Jeter (9), off Chen; A.Rodriguez (16), off Tejeda.


Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO ERA Chen (L, 5-4) 6 9 5 5 2 6 4.38 Tejeda


D.Hughes Bl.Wood New York


Sabathia (W, 13-3)


D.Robertson


1 1 1 1 0 0 3.32 B 1 2 2 1 0 5.01 C 3 2 2 0 0 5.27 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6B11 4 3 4 9 3.18


Chamberlain 1 2 0 0 1 1 5.66 Park


IBB: off Sabathia (Kendall). WP: Chen, Sa- bathia. Balk: Sabathia. T: 3:22. A: 47,484 (50,287).


C 0 0 0 0 1 4.76 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.74


3100 1 0 .296 36 10 14 10 3 6 —


Pujols 1b Holliday lf Rasmus cf


Schumaker 2b LaRue c


Suppan p Winn ph Walters p Miles ph Greene ss Totals


Chicago Colvin rf


S.Castro ss D.Lee 1b


A.Soriano lf Soto c


Theriot 2b R.Wells p Marshall p Totals


AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4 0 0 0 0 3 .269 2 0 1 0 2 0 .381 4 0 0 0 0 0 .302 4 0 1 0 0 2 .308 4 0 0 0 0 2 .267 4 0 1 0 0 0 .252 3 0 1 0 1 0 .192 2 0 1 0 0 1 .214 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 .320 2 0 0 0 1 0 .258 30 0 5 0 5 9 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 3 1 1 1 1 0 .263 4 0 2 1 0 0 .300 4 0 1 0 0 0 .249


Ar.Ramirez 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .227 Byrd cf


3 1 0 0 1 0 .311 4 1 1 2 0 1 .269 4 1 1 1 0 0 .294 4 1 2 0 0 0 .279 1 0 1 0 0 0 .172 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 31 5 10 5 3 2 —


St. Louis 000 000 000 — 0 5 0 Chicago 100 121 00x — 5 10 1


E: R.Wells (5). LOB: St. Louis 8, Chicago 7. HR: Colvin (14), off Suppan; Soto (14), off Suppan; A.Soriano (18), off Suppan.


St. Louis


Suppan (L, 0-6) 6 10 5 5 3 0 6.18 Walters Chicago


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2 0 0 0 0 2 7.11


R.Wells (W, 5-7) 7 5 0 0 3 7 4.07 Marshall


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2 0 0 0 2 2 1.78


T: 2:25. A: 40,687 (41,210). WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR


San Diego 56 39 .589 — 6-4 W-1 xSan Fran. 53 43 .552 3A 8-2 W-1 Colorado 51 45 .531 5A 3-7 L-3 xLos Angeles 51 45 .531 5A 3-7 W-2 xArizona 37 59 .385 19A 4-6 L-1


x-Late game Around the horn PERSONNEL DEPT.


Athletics: Signed C Kurt Suzuki to a new four-year contract. Indians: OF Shin-Soo Choo, out since July 3 with a sprained thumb, has been activated from the disabled list and was in the lineup Thursday. To make room on the roster, Cleveland placed LHP Aaron Laffey on the 15-day DL with shoulder fatigue. Mets: Called up RHP Manny Acosta from Class AAA Buffalo. Orioles: Activated 2B Brian Roberts from the 60-day DL and put him in the starting lineup against the Twins. Also, 1B Ty Wigginton received a three-game suspension from MLB and an undisclosed fine for “making contact” with an umpire during an argument on Thursday against the Twins. Royals: OF David DeJesus will have surgery to repair a torn tendon in his right thumb and will miss at least 10 weeks. The team recalled OF Alex Gordon from Class AAA Omaha. Tigers: The game


between the Blue Jays and Tigers in Detroit was postponed because of rain and will be made up Sunday as part of a day-night doubleheader.


BACK IN THE BOOTH ORIOLES 3, TWINS 2


Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO AVG Span cf


4010 0 0 .268


O.Hudson 2b 2000 0 0 .285 A.Casilla 2b 1110 0 0 .275 Mauer c Kubel rf


Cuddyer 1b Thome dh


4122 0 0 .299 3010 1 2 .263 4010 0 0 .277 4010 0 1 .257


Delm.Young lf 3010 0 0 .316 Hardy ss Punto 3b


Valencia ph 1000 0 0 .310 Totals


Baltimore


B.Roberts 2b 4000 0 1 .111 M.Tejada 3b 4220 0 1 .274 Wigginton 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .249 Scott dh


Ad.Jones cf Pie lf


Tatum c


4 0 0 0 0 1 .249 3000 0 2 .242


33 2 8 2 1 6 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG


4 1 2 2 0 2 .288 3011 0 0 .273 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273 3 0 1 0 0 1 .277


C.Patterson rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .274 C.Izturis ss Totals


3000 0 0 .251 30 3 7 3 0 5 —


Minnesota 000 002 000 — 2 8 0 Baltimore


100 002 00x — 3 7 0


LOB: Minnesota 7, Baltimore 4. 3B: Wig- ginton (1). HR: Mauer (5), off Guthrie; Scott (15), off Slama. RBI: Mauer 2 (43), Scott 2 (36), Ad.Jones (42). S: A.Casilla, C.Patterson.


Minnesota Duensing


Baltimore


Guthrie (W, 4-10) Ohman


MORRY GASH/ASSOCIATED PRESS


Longtime Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker, back after undergoing heart surgery on April 30, acknowledges cheers during the second inning in Milwaukee.


JEKYLL AND HYDE


 St. Louis is 39-22 in games started by Adam Wainwright, Chris Carpenter and Jaime Garcia but 15-21 in games started by anyone else  Cubs RHP Randy Wells has a 1.30 ERA in his past five starts after starting out at 5.21 in his first 15 outings


STAR OF THE DAY C.J. Wilson, Rangers


Yielded just eight hits over eight scoreless innings to beat the Angels and help Texas move a season-high seven games ahead of Los Angeles in the AL West


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 5 4 1 1 0 3 1.69


Slama (L, 0-1) 1 3 2 2 0 0 9.00 Mahay Crain


1 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 1 0 0 0 0 2 3.35 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 6 2 2 0 6 4.46


C 1 0 0 1 0 2.51


Da.Hernandez B 0 0 0 0 0 4.27 Simon (S, 14) 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.03


Slama pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored: Mahay 1-0, Da.Hernandez 2-0. HBP: by Guthrie (Delm.Young). WP: Slama. T: 2:26. A: 19,013 (48,290).


Batting and ERA Leaders Entering Friday’s Game


TODAY’S GAME TO WATCH


Mets at Dodgers 4 p.m., WTTG Channel 5


New York and Los Angeles are both struggling to stay in contention in their respective NL division races.


Batters Avg AB R H HR RBI Markakis .299 365 40 109 Pie


.286 63 Scott 9 18


Patterson .277 213 29 59 Tatum .275 80 Jones Totals


9 22


6 31 2 4


.285 239 38 68 14 34 5 21 0 5


.272 378 47 103 15 41 .258 3282 345 847 81 325


PitchersW-L ERA GSV IP BB SO Berken 2-2 2.50 35 0 54.0 17 40 Uehara 1-0 2.51 14 0 14.1 5 17 Ohman 0-0 2.57 48 0 28.0 16 28 Totals 30-65 5.07 95 18 838.1 333 571


Baltimore Orioles


KLMNO EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR


New York 61 34 .642 — 7-3 W-3 xTampa Bay 57 37 .606 3A 6-4 W-1 xBoston 54 42 .563 7A 4-6 W-1 Toronto 48 48 .50013A 5-5 L-2 Baltimore 31 65 .32330A 4-6 W-1


S AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR


xChicago 52 42 .553 — 6-4 L-1 Detroit


50 44 .532 2 3-7 W-2


Minnesota 51 46 .526 2A 6-4 L-1 Kansas City 41 55 .427 12 2-8 L-2 xCleveland 40 55 .421 12A 7-3 L-1


WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR Texas


57 40 .588 — 7-3 W-2


Los Angeles 51 48 .515 7 4-6 L-3 xOakland 48 47 .505 8 7-3 W-2 xSeattle 37 59 .385 19A 3-7 L-1


x-Late game


D5


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